Month: October 2026

Chilean-American author awarded Premio Planeta for sequel to her 1982 debut novel, The House of the Spirits

For decades, Alberta separatism was a fringe cause. On Monday, voters in Canada’s oil heartland will decide whether to take the first step toward a referendum on leaving the country.

Egyptian president pledges ‘any measure’ to help defend Saudi Arabia ‘if it is requested of us’.

Israeli police say they are investigating an attack on diplomats in the occupied West Bank.

Recovering in a hospital weeks after the incident, Machchhar is trying to get over those moments inside the cockpit when he had been attacked by Omani co-pilot. | World News

Israeli settlers on Saturday attacked a convoy carrying a European delegation in the occupied West Bank, beating up a 78-year-old  French mayor. While Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – who…

A woman holds a placard reading “Your wars, our corpses” during a protest aiming to raise awareness to the violence and prejudice against women in Romanian society, in Bucharest, Romania,

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., speaks during an interview in Athens, Greece, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Euronews correspondents in Paris covering the protests reported being targeted by masked individuals on Saturday’s major nationwide demonstrations following calls on social media to target media outlets and professionals to prevent coverage.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Trudy has strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane as it moves toward Mexico’s southwestern and west-central Pacific coast. A hurricane warning was in effect

Callum and Jake Robinson’s killers were sentenced to 158 years in a Mexican prison for the murders of the Australian surfers and their American friend in Baja California.

USS Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Japan ahead of exercise Keen Sword, while the U.S. once again positions two aircraft carriers in the Middle East.

The 2022 Freedom Convoy began over vaccine requirements for cross-border truckers but grew into a broader revolt against pandemic restrictions.

Ship strikes in and around the Strait of Hormuz have reached a record high this month, already surpassing attacks recorded during the entire month of March — at the height of the Iran war — according to maritime data.

People wave flags and chant slogans during a protest against the policies of President Kais Saied in Tunis, Tunisia, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. Banner in Arabic reads, “No nation without

Maya Jama poses for photographers upon arrival at the British Museum Ball in London, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Conor Kennedy and Brazilian pop star Giulia Be celebrated their wedding in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a blessing at Christ the Redeemer and a historic church ceremony.

Looters on Saturday seized the opportunity to raid and vandalise a host of shops and businesses across France – from bakeries and supermarkets to tech stores – as hundreds of thousands of people took…

A demonstrator protests against President Abelardo de la Espriella’s order to remove exhibits about political violence from the National Museum in Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Riots broke out across major French cities on Saturday night as unrest spread beyond the capital, with government buildings torched and more than 1,000 people detained by police.

‘The Republican Party is starting to look pretty good,’ Trump told supporters as polls suggest a potential midterm blue wave

Hundreds of thousands take to the streets for separate demonstrations, putting pressure on governments across the EU.

Limoges Town Hall, a historic French landmark built in 1883, was largely lost after far-left rioters set it on fire amid France’s cost of living protests.

“France could be forced to seek assistance from the International Monetary Fund and to pray for it from the European Central Bank — a humiliation for the world’s seventh-biggest economy.”

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepares to board a plane en route to Uzbekistan, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (Kylie Cooper/Pool Photo via AP)

No Kings rallies took place in cities and communities across the U.S. on Saturday, with demonstrators opposing President Donald Trump and encouraging voters to cast their ballots early in the

US budget deficit nears $2 trillion, a reality check for Trump’s cost cutting – Nation and World News, Top News | Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged support for U.S. sanctions against Russia after President Donald Trump paused them.

Government buildings are vandalised and set on fire, as a minister says more than half a million people attended demonstrations across the country.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, arrives the opening session of the 52nd Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026.

Those executed were accused of joining a foreign organisation designated as terrorist, attacking security forces and supporting attacks inside Saudi Arabia. | World News

Ukraine’s General Staff has refuted claims by Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, that Russian forces have captured 92 settlements since early September, including Kostiantynivka and Dobropillia, and advanced to within 5 kilometres of the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia.

More than three decades after the end of apartheid, families of victims of some of the worst crimes of South Africa’s pastare still fighting for justice. As survivors and perpetrators grow older, a new wave of legal efforts is seeking truth, accountability and reparations before it’s too late.

Youth prepare to catch fish from a flooded area, following recent rains, at Chong Thnol village, outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Thousands of students protested across Italy against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's policies, demanding more education funding and less military spending. In Rome, demonstrators burned Israeli and US flags and called for a boycott of Israel

A fire has gutted a beach resort in southeastern Bangladesh, killing 10 people and injuring four. The fire broke out Saturday at Tuptup Resto and Resort in Inani, Cox’s Bazar

People walk among tents set up by protesters at the Puerta del Sol square demanding stronger laws to protect renters in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and Carter Rhoad were on a surfing trip to Mexico's Baja California when they were killed during an attempted robbery.

Hurricane Trudy is moving toward Mexico’s southwestern and west-central Pacific coast and could strengthen through Saturday. That’s according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. A hurricane warning was in effect

Clouds of tear gas fired by police filled the streets of Paris on Saturday, as anti-government protests stretched beyond the French capital.

The crash happed on the A701 between Broughton and Blyth Bridge at around 12.15pm on Friday.

EVERTON 0-2 CHELSEA: Player ratings from the Hill Dickinson Stadium as Pedro Neto fired the Blues to an impressively brave and resilient victory in Merseyside

‘Seven masked settlers armed with clubs surrounded our vehicles, beat them and threatened to kill us,’ activist Amit Orfali said. Among those attacked in Taybeh were a French mayor and Belgium’s consul general in Jerusalem

Two second-half goals by Pedro Neto secured victory for Chelsea, who kept a first clean sheet in nine months.  Neto’s double made it back-to-back wins for the Blues, who played much of the second half with stand-in keeper Mike Penders in goal after Emiliano Martinez was stretchered off with a serious-looking head injury following a […]

Follow along for live coverage of Xabi Alonso’s post-match press conference following Chelsea’s win over Everton at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The incident killed four members of the same family.

Emi Martinez was stretchered off during the second-half in Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Everton

Insects believed to be bedbugs or similar were photographed between passenger seats, according to a report

Around 20 private hire drivers gathered in protest outside Wayve’s headquarters in King’s Cross on Saturday

Chelsea goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez is conscious and in hospital having tests after suffering a head injury during the 2-0 win at Everton, manager Xabi Alonso has said. Martinez and Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite collided heads while going for the ball in the 75th minute of the Premier League game. Play was stopped for around 10 […]